from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. we're doing it again. it is wineless wednesday. january 23rd, 2013. kathie lee's busy working in los angeles. >> she's smart. she's gone. >> meredith viera is groaning saying, here we go again. >> no, i'm having a ball. >> you are? >> no, i'm having a good time. >> it's wineless wednesday.

what's our countdown? two weeks, then we can drink. >> little clink? >> yes, dear on the air. okay, yesterday we got a lot of feedback because meredith decided she was going to clean her closet. >> did you really get feedback? >> no. nobody cares. but anyway, you do what a lot of people did. you started. >> i took everything out of the closet, not everything, but a lot of stuff. then i got so exhausted, i can't deal with it. it's overwhelming when you see all the junk you have. you have to sort through. >> is this your house? >> not the whole house, the hallway. >> what's all that? >> stuff that was in my closet. >> like what? >> some of it from the "today" show, brings back memories. >> swag. >> then clothes and junk. just a lot of junk. there we go. >> so we got to talking in the make-up room about who's messier. clearly, i'm going for a run for my money. we decided we are going to pull out our purses. >> right. >> we haven't seen each other's.

we don't know what's in. that's mine. >> okay. >> i just want to point out meredith's purse. >> this is a purse. >> why are you being judgmental? >> this is not a purse. >> it is a purse. to me, it's a purse. >> no, it's a back -- >> i use as a purse. it is a purse. this is pretentious. this is your idea of a purse. >> look at the bottom of it. >> what is that? it's broken. >> those are supposed to keep it in, but they are so heavy, they fall off. first, let's weigh to see whose is heavier. here's meredith. >> oh, it's not bad. >> how much? >> nine and a half pounds. >> okay. my son was 9 pounds, 16. just for the record. my first. >> are we the same? >> i'm nine, you're nine and a half. you go through this one. i'm going to go through this one. >> can we really show people what's in here? >> each pull one thing out at a time. >> pull this out.

>> look inside of it. >> what's that stand for? gucci? >> no. >> another bag is inside the first bag. >> let me point out something about this particular bag. >> it's filthy. >> no, it's not. that's my makeup bag. this is meredith's make-up bag. >> that's not my makeup bag, it's my eyeglass bag. i got your wallet. first of all, outside the wallet is the money, not even in the wallet. >> you don't know what that is. can i show you what it is? >> yes, what is it? >> oh, my god. sylvester putty tat. there's a sweet story behind this. >> i want to hear it. >> this isn't some sex toy. when i started -- although it could be. when i started cbs news way back when in the '70s, i'm so frightened of traveling, so scared to fly. i was flying all the time.

my mother knew i loved sylvester putty tat from the old days of loony tunes. >> and you carry it everywhere? >> the stuffing is falling out. see, the beads. >> i thought that was jewelry. >> you took a lovely moment and tried to destroy it. that's what is inside my purse. >> i'm sorry. okay. meredith's got a brush. let's pull out the weirdest thing you can find. >> get over it. get over the new orleans thing. >> i am so far away from being over the new orleans thing. i was just down there this weekend. this is terrible. >> this is fantastic. >> what is it? >> my friend gave me this card for my birthday. >> this year or last year? >> baby, darling. happy birthday to you. i love this. i play that when i'm depressed. >> let's play it. >> the happy birthday thing. >> okay, what are the weirdest things? >> cough drops. >> hat. a hat. >> yeah. >> okay. >> weirdest thing, pull it out. >> i'm trying to find the weirdest thing in your -- deodorant?

>> yeah, got to have that. >> you have so many bags. >> they are important. >> pills? >> midol. >> you need that. anyway, that's it. >> just show my wallet. that's important. >> where's your wallet? >> you know what? that's my makeup bag. you can't close it up, though. >> here's your wallet. oh, my god. okay, okay. mine was a mess, meredith -- you have 20s just hanging around. >> no! >> there's your bank statement. >> give me that statement. you know what this indicates, all kidding aside, that we really have some issues with cleaning and organizing. >> yeah, we do. >> i don't know whether an organized mind is a good mind or not. >> i like my purse the way it is. okay, let's get it together. >> sylvester back, please. >> i'm sorry. it's a sweet thing. what about beyonce, let's deal with it and get it over

with. >> beyonce -- my makeup bag. don't forget it. beyonce', you guys, lip syncing is one of those things -- contacts -- they guess it's known in the industry, and especially people do it at super bowls and all that kind of thing because they want to get it exactly right in timing. so beyonce, they say, was lip syncing. and when you look at it and you can see a clip of it, the only tip-off to me, because it looks right on the money, is the people behind her, who don't seem to be feeling what she's doing. they don't seem to be reacting to her great singing. and at one point, she pulls out her earpiece, which i think happened earlier. that was interesting. you think if she were singing to the track, she'd need it. >> but what i didn't know,

singers when they come to the "today" show you have to sing the song. they're allowed to have their voice in their ear and were sort of singing with themselves. >> were you upset? >> it's not the biggest thing in the world. i wish she would come out and say something. i think it would be better to say what was going on. >> no big deal. >> the fact they don't talk makes it into a bigger deal somehow with people. >> a lot of people have sung the national anthem in those kind of things, faith hill sang to track, i guess, jennifer hudson, there are a lot of people who have done it. whitney houston, there are a lot of people who have done it. >> we should ask aaron neville who's here. >> aaron neville is with us. come in, aaron. aaron, by the way, is turning 72 -- >> 27. >> 27 tomorrow. you look so terrific. >> thank you. >> so handsome. >> tell us about this. beyonce's up there. now there's talk she's lip syncing. is that unusual, big deal, not a big deal?

>> who cares. i watched it live, she had chills running through me. she's one of the greatest things in the world. when she pulled the thing out of her ear, the ear monitor they use, you can hear your voice and the band. and sometimes they have a lot of frequencies going around, like the secret service -- >> so it's annoying. >> interference. >> she has another one in her other ear. >> it wasn't that you thought it was a big deal at all. >> no. >> you give her a big thumbs up. two from aaron neville. we're going to talk to you about a new cd you have out. so new orleans, i love seeing you, aaron. we'll talk to you in a little bit. you know what, one of the great songs on aaron's cd is "under the boardwalk." >> i love that song. ♪ under the boardwalk ♪ down by the sea >> i love it. ♪ ♪ on a blanket with my baby is where i'll be ♪ >> how are we doing, aaron?

>> doing good. >> he's not even looking. >> totally gone. >> all right, here is some bad news for the women in the audience who are watching. >> which i have never heard of this. i think of wednesday as hump day, as in going over the hump. >> of course, you do. >> every day. apparently at 3:30, according to research done by suntan maker san tropez, women look their oldest at 3:30 on wednesday. if you've been using that product as i did when i was young -- >> you did use it? >> all the time. i don't mean to pick on them, but slather it on and just bake. you look bad every day by the time you're my age. hump day, apparently 3:30. i guess it's cumulative. by that point in the week? >> the stress of the week is adding up, you're totally feeling it. you don't see the end. that exact moment, 3:30, if you look at yourself in the mirror, apparently, you've never looked worse than that. but you discovered something that's good for skin.

which i like considering the wintertime, tell. >> oh, my gosh. and i'm not kidding. seriously. i heard this somewhere, and i tried it. go buy -- because i get lotions all the time, try stuff. they always have chemicals in them. go to health food stores, probably any supermarket, and buy cocoanut oil. it looks a little bit like lard. comes in a jar. and i slather it all over me after i shower. you smell like a coconut, but then that smell goes away and your skin is so soft. >> you're kidding. >> isn't that soft? >> do you put it on your face? >> everywhere. everywhere. >> i don't want to know. nobody's interested in your everywhere. >> it works and it's great and it's natural. >> okay. >> you can also cook with it. there you go. >> they say you're supposed to -- laura was saying you put it in your dog food, it's good for their coats. >> what are you referencing? >> i don't know. >> it's great. try it. people should try it. there's something about starbucks baristas and wearing your name tag.

>> you have to tell them your name, the theory goes why shouldn't they have to tell you their name? do you care? i don't know. >> i care. i like to know people's names. >> do you ask? >> i don't. i don't. anyway, thanks, joanne, that was good. >> no, no, no, joanne wanted to mention "off your rockers" with betty white, because they did a spoof on this. the name calling. >> have you been on the show? >> no. >> we haven't but a lot of people have. it looks like a blast. it's like an older version of "candid camera." they are having fun with people in a late-night coffee shop. take a look. >> a large black red eye! for testicle? a mocha frappuccino. for jock. jock strap? is there a jock here? a jock strap? anybody at all? who ordered this stuff?

>> that's cute. is that betty white? >> that woman was in on the joke, right? i'm confused. >> yeah, yeah. >> i was really confused. okay. that's cute. >> that is cute. >> what else do you got? >> we have something for the flu. a lot of people are getting ill from the flu. we had some fun with it yesterday. >> we had a drink -- that's all we've had so far, a drink. >> that drink yesterday was awful, awful. >> nasty. >> it had garlic in it and something else. did you taste it forever, all day long? >> i did, but you know, if it works -- >> it works. apparently, they say this stuff works. this is a sorbet, and it's called jenni's splendid ice creams from columbus, ohio. it's got all the flu-fighting ingredients you would need. bourbon. oh, i can't have it. >> i can't have it either. i'm on a cleanse. >> you can. >> i'm on a cleanse. how many times -- >> no one goes through more

cleanses than you. what's in the cleanse? >> eating healthy food. eating what's called -- what's it called, clean food, raw, a lot of raw. you can have fish, you can have chicken. >> what can't you have? >> any processed food. what's going on? >> no alcohol? >> i'll take this, because i don't want to get the flu. >> okay, bye. 'bye, jo-jo. you can't have alcohol? >> no sugar, no caffeine, nothing processed. but you can have so much food. it's not like you can't eat. in fact, you're supposed to eat a lot. >> do you feel better when you're on the thing or not? >> you have more energy. you have to drink that stuff that tastes like you're drinking grass, but it does energize you. you do it for 28 days. it's what al does. but it's not -- it's not depravation. it's not bad. >> are you sure? >> don't i look healthier? >> yes, you do. you definitely do. millions of people are doing it, we're talking about when you dip into your retirement account. we're going to have good advice.

>> from jean chatsky who has been drinking for half an hour. we watched you drink so much alcohol. >> not nice. >> and team hoda and kathie lee are warming up getting ready for our get fit challenge. >> joy was also drinking. >> first, these messages. [ female announcer ] going to sleep may be easy, but when you wake up in the middle of the night it can be frustrating. it's hard to turn off and go back to sleep. intermezzo is the first and only prescription sleep aid approved for use as needed in the middle of the night when you can't get back to sleep. it's an effective sleep medicine you don't take before bedtime. take it in bed only when you need it and have at least four hours left for sleep. do not take intermezzo if you have had an allergic reaction to drugs containing zolpidem, such as ambien. allergic reactions such as shortness of breath or swelling of your tongue or throat may occur and may be fatal. intermezzo should not be taken if you have taken another sleep medicine at bedtime

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cue up alka-seltzer. it stops heartburn fast. ♪ oh what a relief it is! just like the song says, you can't touch this, we hear it over and over again. never dip into your 401(k) to pay bills or get rid of debt unless it is absolutely necessary. >> in these very, very challenging economic times, it's getting harder than ever to save money, and millions of americans are tapping into their nest egg, so is it ever a good idea? jean chatsky is "today"'s financial editor. hey, jean. here's one of these things that when you're in a bind and look over and see a nest egg, i only have one option, it's to tap into that. you can understand why a lot of people would want to.

>> especially these days. >> absolutely. and this is a survey that we looked at from 2010. $70 million came out that year, which is about a quarter of the money that went in, and that's really, really distressing. people take loans from their 401(k)s, they cash out when they switch jobs, and also make what's called hardship withdrawals. not any of these options would be high on my list as a good idea. >> who's doing it and why are they doing it? >> the most distressing fact about this is people are doing this because they just don't have the skills to manage their money. the sweet spot seems to be people in their 40s that are taking money out for credit card bills, help with college tuition, get themselves through a tough time, and these are people who we've learned don't have emergency funds, don't have emergency cushions. even if you had a few thousand dollars on the side to get you through, you might be able to avoid doing it. >> speaking about the rainy day before you have the rainy day.

? what's the better option then? if you really do need money, you have an operation, you don't have the money to get through, you have a 401 k, you shouldn't withdraw from it. >> you have to pay income taxes, which can eat up 30%. you may have to pay a 10% penalty, which is even more. the better option is to borrow from yourself, essentially, and when you pay that money back, you pay back over five years, you pay interest on that money, that interest goes back into your account. and the vast majority of people who borrow from their 401(k) actually do pay it back. if you don't pay it back, it's treated as a withdrawal. it just doesn't work in your favor. if you need to do it, that's the better option, but i would always say, take a look at what your other options happen to be. maybe you have things that you can sell. maybe you can make additional money on the side. i know. you're looking like -- >> i get it. you got to use it. it's sitting there, that's the thing. >> the big question to ask

yourself, is this a problem that borrowing from my 401(k) will solve, or is this just going to tide me over a bit and i'm going to have to cash out later and really take the hit? >> if that's the issuehen how do you deal with it? >> then you look at what the underlying problem is. it may be you're living in a house that's too expensive to you, you have three cars and you can only afford one. you have to fix the underlying problem, or you're never going to get back ahead. >> talking about iras in general, how much should you be putting in? to begin with? >> a, enough to grab any matching dollars on the table from your employer. if you're heading into your 40s, 10% a year. if you're 40 and haven't saved anything net, 15% a year, that can include the matching dollars. the best thing people to do is run through a retirement calculator saying this is how much money i need to save in order to, with social security, have enough money for my retirement.

>> do you support these moves to regulate so you can't take money out? >> i have heard that suggestion many, many times. i don't think it's going to work, because what will happen is people will say, if i can never get at that money, i'm not going to put it in. >> it's your money. do what you want. >> that's a big, big problem. >> yeah. jean, thank you. >> sure. >> you can smell the wine from here. >> you can, for the record. >> a few sips. one of the most hilarious cast members from "saturday night live." >> the very talented darrel hammond is here. >> team hoda! >> i knew i loved him. i knew i did. aching myself how to play guitar; ran ten miles while knitting myself a sweater; jumped out of a plane. finally, i became a ping pong master while recording my debut album. how you ask? with 5-hour energy. i get hours of energy now -- no crash later.

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and we're back more with more of this wineless wednesday. time to play our weekly trivia game we call who knew. we may be spending a lot of time indoors for kids watching the movies and stuff. we're going to test your knowledge on some classic kid-friendly films. meredith vieira is across the street at the nbc experience store. she's ready to hand out $100 to those who get the answers right. and to those who don't they get my new book. >> that's just sad. what are you doing with matt lauer? >> because he's desperate. more airtime for him, obviously. don't talk. >> nick friedman joins us here in the studio, editor in chief of scholastic parent and child magazine. which has released its list of the 100 greatest movies for kids. welcome to the party. >> it's great to be here. >> you ready? >> i am ready. >> let's go. >> first contestant, your name is -- >> sandy.

>> where are you from? >> california. >> lovely that you're here. who tells dorothy she needs to follow the yellow brick road to get to the emerald city? >> the good witch. >> yes, indeed. >> very well done. very well done. >> that rocked. glinda is the one. >> glinda is the one. that's our top 100 on parent an child magazine. this list is very special, very unique to all other lists, because it really brings families together and gives you great talking points to open up conversations with your kids. >> let's start another conversation. what do you got, meredith? >> lisa from naperville, illinois. >> do you know anything about mary poppins, i hope? we'll find out. >> a little bit, yeah. >> what does our favorite nanny mary poppins suggest for us to have in order to make the medicine go down? do not say anything, matt. >> a spoonful of sugar.

>> very nice, very nice. >> she's got it. >> that's right. you know, mary poppins is number three on our list. it was nominated for 13 academy awards. it won five. making it the all-time most nominated and winning disney movie ever. >> love it. back across. >> sylvia, newport, maine. >> which well-known candy exploded in popularity after it appeared in the 1982 blockbuster "e.t."? no looking. >> you want help from matt? >> no, reese's pieces. >> these guys are smart. >> they got it. that exploded. >> they are very sharp, your audience. that's number two on our list. did you know that spielberg shot that film from a kid's eye level to really drive home that relationship between elliot and e.t.? >> love that. good observation. back across to meredith.

>> still stuck with this book, hoda. all right. >> what's your name? >> olga from bridgeport, connecticut. >> all right. finish the lyrics to this song from the animated classic "beauty and the beast." take a listen. ♪ ♪ the sun rising in the east ♪ tale as old as time >> tale as old as time, song as old as rhyme, beauty and the beast. >> wow! >> give her an academy award. that rocked. that was great. >> number six on our list. "beauty and the beast" the first animated film ever nominated for an academy award for best picture. it won the golden globe for best picture that year. >> meredith, counting on you for this one. please, give the book away. >> i know the book. >> jennifer. >> where are you from, jen? >> poconos in pennsylvania. >> do you like harry potter? >> yes. >> which harry potter word is

officially in the oxford english dictionary? >> "c"? muggle? >> yes! >> okay, this is the worst, officially, the worst day ever. okay? >> no, it's not. >> it kind of is. give it to matt. >> here, matt. matt gets the book. matt took the book. he's holding it. he's holding the book. look at that. matt's such a good guy. >> you are terrible. meredith, you know what, i knew you'd abuse him some way. thank you so much for joining us. we really appreciate it. >> pleasure to be here. pick up the issue, "parent and child" magazine for the top 100. february and march issue. >> all right, great. time to test our diet knowledge. who's going to win, team hoda or team kathie lee? we'll get our fit face on after this. kiss him, kiss him. for years.

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we are back with week two of our enjoy getting fit series. we're going to go head-to-head to see who knows more when it comes to dieting. you met them last week. here again is team hoda. [ cheers ] >> alaina, jessica, mindi. >> hold on. lovely. i take control of team kathie lee. here are-kathy. >> zakia, heidi. >> team meredith! >> okay, what are we doing here? >> first, i want to run down and show everybody how much they have lost. they are shrinking by the minute. first, we have yelena. she's down six pounds! >> what? wow! >> next, we have jessica is down six pounds! mindi is down seven pounds!

team hoda is down a total of 19 pounds. >> klj. >> kathy down six pounds, heidi down nine pounds. team kathie lee is down a total of 23 pounds. >> you know what, we are okay. don't you worry. okay, now what's happening? >> this challenge is all about testing your diet iq. we're going to do it "family feud" style. i'm going to call up one member of each team. you're going to go against each other, and i'm going to ask you a quiz question. to up the ante, the reason you guys are wearing a whistle, there's going to be a corresponding exercise with each question. and if anybody on either team ends up stopping the exercise, blow the whistle, the other teams gets the point. >> we blow the whistle on the other person's team. >> exactly. the first exercise is jumping jacks. these can be modified or bigger. yelena versus kathy up here. you're at a restaurant.

which will save you the most calories, skipping the glass of wine, skipping one roll in the bread basket, or asking for your salad dressing on the side? >> bread! >> wrong! >> salad dressing, you got it right! >> that's okay. >> just so you know, you save about 100 calories from the wine and bread, but 200 to 300 from the salad dressing. now, you're craving -- jessica versus zakia. the exercise is, everybody squat and punch in front. here you are. you're craving meat. which order at a restaurant is most fattening, prime rib, strip steak, or filet mignon? which is most fattening? who did it first? >> she did. here here. >> which one, jessica? >> prime rib. >> she gets the point! >> keep going, keep going, keep going!

>> did you know a prime rib at a restaurant is about 1,000 calories? you could eat two pounds of shrimp from the same amount. >> last one! >> here, arm climbs, arm climbs, here we go. we have mindi versus heidi. the question is, true or false, true or false, brown rice, one cup of brown rice, has fewer calories than one cup of white rice. true or false. >> say it again. [ whistle blows ] >> you go. >> she hasn't answered! >> true. >> it's false! time's over! >> we need a tie breaker. how many minutes will it take to burn off this bagel with cream cheese, how many minutes, will it be an hour's worth of

walking, hour and 15 minutes, or hour and 55 minutes of walking? >> hour, 55. >> she gets it! >> i'm exhausted. >> ladies and gentlemen -- >> we got to go. >> this team gets the point for the challenge! >> what's the name of this team? >> team meredith. today. >> you guys, we're going to be back with one of the funniest men from "snl," darrell hammond. great impressions coming up. >> first these messages. good morning. i'm meteorologist crystal egger with the weather channel. we've got a lot of cold to talk about, snow ice, a little bit of everything coming through with our next storm. later today we're not going to see a whole lot coming together just yet with the exception of great lakes where lake effects snow will continue even into chicago, northwest indiana, scattered snow possibility for you. it's definitely cold in the northeast. the coldest air up across northern minnesota bottoming out this morning minus 30 to minus 40 degrees in places like

international falls. that is brutally cold. we've got snow coming through utah and the colorado rockies with our next western system. that's also going to bring some light rain down to interstate 5, even into los angeles. the 5 may be a little wet for you on your commute today. 25 degrees in chicago. only 11. that's the high in minneapolis. 76 sounds pretty good in phoenix. 28 in louisville. you can see the cold coming in. it's 48 in atlanta today. so cooler than it has been. it's going to get even colder and wetter across many states here. anything in pink on the map is an icy mix, especially across tennessee, the up state of south carolina, north carolina, northern atlanta into thursday night and friday morning. we do have a chance of some freezing rain. we have snow around the great lakes. snow possible later friday in the northeast. look at the temperatures. it's cold enough for that. no doubt about it. and on saturday we start to clear the system moves offshore. lake effects snow. no surprise there.

rain showers for arizona and new mexico. 56 in denver. not too bad. more snow coming into the west with the next storm. rain across the plains on sunday. an icy mix on the northern side. this system pulls into the great lakes here by monday. and we'll be watching for more winter weather there. and again on tuesday. it's getting busy. keep it right here on the weather channel. you can wake up with al weekday mornings for your latest forecast. i played a round of golf.id in the last five hours? then i read a book while teaching myself how to play guitar; ran ten miles while knitting myself a sweater; jumped out of a plane. finally, i became a ping pong master while recording my debut album. how you ask? with 5-hour energy. i get hours of energy now -- no crash later. wait to see the next five hours.

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hammond entertained audiences on "saturday night live" with his spot-on impressions of bill clinton -- >> bullet proof. >> regis philbin -- >> that's the headline! >> donald trump, of course. >> the apprentice. >> cut, cut. >> and dr. phil. >> do you use q-tips when you clean your ears? >> among many, many more. >> this saturday night he's going to be live again, but he'll be performing at the garden of laughs comedy event at madison square garden. it benefits to support kids being homeless due to foster care. i love seeing those old clips. >> do you ever get sick of them? >> those old chestnuts, no. >> this is a big night you have coming up. there's a great lineup of comedians. >> the best standups ever. i mean, if there was, like, a hall of fame -- >> ray romano, wanda sykes. >> and little old me. >> are you going to be doing impressions? >> whatever the garden wants me to do. i'm looking for rangers tickets. they said, you know, if they want me to tap dance, that's what they are getting. >> your buddy bob costas is hosting this thing. you do a great impression of him. >> he doesn't think so. >> he doesn't like it? >> he's been teasing me for ten years that i can't do it. >> what does he say in his voice?

>> he came up to me the first time i met him, okay, just picture this. you're like in awe of this dude. he walks up to you, and he goes, you've got the great couple. you've got the great clinton. you've got the great gore but you can't do me. you tried to do me and you failed utterly. >> and after that, you guys became good buddies. >> actually, yes. >> al sharpton is another guy. he wanders the hall around here. that's one of the ones you enjoy doing. >> he's your favorite. >> it is my favorite, because he's colorful, powerful. i played all these colorful, powerful dudes. you can see, i got nothing, you know, i'm, like, bland compared to the guys i play. >> show us a little sharpton. what does he do that's unique? >> he is utterly himself, very unique to just be yourself, you know. how does he go -- you know -- i grew up here in brooklyn, and i would come home from school and my mother would make blueberry

pie. i would sneak some of the pie. she would say, you sneak pie. i said, no, i didn't sneak pie, but i would have blueberry all over my face. that's how i feel about republicans. they say, oh, no, we didn't wreck the economy. but they got blueberry all over their face. they were the ones eating the pie! >> that was so good. we love you. the garden of laughs comedy event, this saturday, january 26th at madison square garden. the best, the best. >> and the smooth sounds of aaron neville. live performance from his new album. but first, this is "today" on nbc. >> wow, did i say that? >> yes, you did. [ female announcer ] going to sleep may be easy, but when you wake up

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the toyota concert series on "today," brought to you by toyota. all-around great guy aaron neville has won four grammy awards in his music career that spans more than five decades. >> now he's singing songs from the '50s and '60s in his new album. "my true life." >> nice to see you. >> look at aaron. >> look at me. >> i feel this album was meant to be.

you said you graduated from the university of doo-wop-ology. >> it's been in the makings a long time. wait for the stars to align right, and it did. >> it had to be hard to narrow them down, aaron, because there's so many songs you love. >> don and keith richards and myself, you know, we went in the studio with 12 and wound up recording 23, but we had a couple hundred. >> which one are you going to sing for us today? >> "magic moment." >> aaron neville, take it away. happy birthday, by the way. >> happy birthday. ♪ ♪ this magic moment ♪ so different and so new ♪ like any other until i kissed you ♪

♪ and then it happened ♪ it took me by surprise ♪ i know that you felt it too ♪ by the look in your eyes ♪ sweeter than wine ♪ softer than a summer night ♪ everything i want i have ♪ whenever i hold you tight ♪ this magic moment ♪ while your lips are close to mine ♪ ♪ will last forever ♪ forever till the end of time ♪

♪ sweeter than wine ♪ softer than a summer night ♪ everything i want i have ♪ whenever i hold you tight ♪ this magic moment ♪ while your lips are close to mine ♪ ♪ will last forever ♪ forever till the end of time ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> the name of this album, again, is "my true story." aaron neville, you are the absolute best. we love you. >> we love you so much.